Mechanical properties of woven banana fibre reinforced epoxy composites

By S. Sapuan, A. Leenie, Mohamed Harimi, Yeo Kiam Beng. 2006

390 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Mechanical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics

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In Mechanical Engineering

1. C. Deepa
2. N. Saba
3. N. Venkateshwaran
4. R. Bhoopathi
5. M. Paridah
6. A. Elayaperumal
7. M. Ramesh
8. Zia Ullah Arif

In Polymers and Plastics

1. M. Jawaid
2. N. Saba
3. M. Paridah
4. C. Deepa
5. M. Ramesh
6. N. Venkateshwaran
7. R. Bhoopathi
8. A. Elayaperumal

Citations in the corpus

• Mechanical properties of kenaf fibre reinforced polymer composite: A review (2015, positive): “Natural fibre composites mechanical properties extremely influenced by the matrix-fibre adhesion property between the polymer matrix and fibres are been reported by many researchers [27–29].”
• Fabrication and Property Evaluation of Banana-Hemp-Glass Fiber Reinforced Composites (2014, background): “[2] fabricated the composites by using banana fiber is a waste product of banana cultivation and which is easily available in tropical countries like malaysia and south india.”
• Developments in Chemical Treatments, Manufacturing Techniques and Potential Applications of Natural-Fibers-Based Biodegradable Composites (2021, background): “The properties of the composites are unequivocally impacted by the fiber length [63].”
• Evaluation of mechanical and thermal properties of banana-flax based natural fibre composite (2014, background): “Mechanical and water absorption characteristics of banana reinforced epoxy composites were studied which shows that addition of sisal fibre up to 50% results in increasing the mechanical properties and decreasing the moisture absorption property [32–34].”
• Studies on the mechanical properties of woven jute fabric reinforced poly(l-lactic acid) composites (2016, background): “Sapuan et al. (2006) investigated the mechanical properties of woven banana fiber reinforced with epoxy composites.”
• Vegetal fibers in polymeric composites: a review (2015, background): “A great amount of natural fibers have now been studied for applications as reinforcement of composites that use thermoplastic or thermosettings matrices, the most used are sisal, jute, bamboo, curauá, bagasse from sugarcane and green coconut shell fibers[99-115].”
• Synthesis and Modifications of Epoxy Resins and Their Composites: A Review (2014, background): “Examples of leaf fibers are sisal([240]), pineapple([241]) and banana fiber([242]).”
• Effect of fiber length and fiber content on mechanical properties of banana fiber/epoxy composite (2011, methodology): “Sapuan et al.9 prepared the composite by reinforcing woven banana fibers with epoxy matrix.”